Agba Otikpo Mézodé
Georges Agba Otikpo Mézodé | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 5 April 2001 – 16 January 2003 | |
President | Ange-Félix Patassé |
Prime Minister | Martin Ziguélé |
Preceded by | Marcel Metefara |
Succeeded by | Martial Beti Marace |
Minister for the Promotion of Civic Culture in charge of relations with parliament | |
In office 1 November 1999 – 5 April 2001 | |
President | Ange-Félix Patassé |
Prime Minister | Anicet-Georges Dologuélé |
Preceded by | Juliette Nzekou Dongoya (as Minister responsible for Relations with Parliament) |
Succeeded by | Michel Doko (as Minister responsible for Relations with Parliament) |
Minister of National Education and Scientific Research | |
In office 15 January 1999 – 1 November 1999 | |
President | Ange-Félix Patassé |
Prime Minister | Anicet-Georges Dologuélé |
Preceded by | Albert Mberio |
Succeeded by | Éloi Anguimate |
Georges Agba Otikpo Mézodé is a politician, diplomat, and writer from the Central African Republic. Otikpo Mézodé was named foreign minister of his country on 5 April 2001 in Martin Ziguélé government alongside finance minister Eric Sorongopé and Interior Minister Théodore Bikoo. He left office in 2003.[1]
Career
[edit]During Kolingba presidency, he was the cultural adviser at Central African Republic embassy in Paris. In 1993, he was elected as a member of National Assembly representing Grimari. In January 1999, Dologuélé appointed Mézodé minister of national education and scientific research. He then served as a minister of the promotion of civic culture in charge of relations with the parliament from 1999 to 2001 and later as a minister of foreign affairs. On 16 January 2003, Mézodé became the diplomatic adviser to Patassé. However, the 2003 coup forced him to move to France.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Rulers.org - April 2001
- ^ Bradshaw, Richard; Fandos-Rius, Juan (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 62. ISBN 9780810879928.